The Learning Institute

The Learning Institute offers a variety of professional development opportunities for member districts both in the startup and continuation phases of the TLI process implementation. Initially, professional development opportunities are designed primarily to help districts make efficient use of the tools and resources that their TLI membership makes available. Later, districts may take advantage of quarterly professional development opportunities provided by our curriculum specialists and other staff that focus on improving instructional practice and addressing curriculum and content knowledge issues found through the TLI processes.

A Sampling of TLI Implementation PD Topics:

A Sampling of TLI Mathematics PD Topics:

• Curriculum Alignment
• Item Writing and Assessment Development
• Coaching Strategies
• Model Lessons (variety of topics)
• TI Calculator Training
• Model Remediation and Enrichment Planning
• Learning Styles
• Classroom Leadership
• Teacher Resources for Mathematics Instruction

A Sampling of TLI Literacy PD Topics:

• Curriculum Alignment
• Scoring Writing Using the Arkansas Writing Rubric
• Developing Rubrics for Reading Open Response Items
• Interpretation of ACTAAP Literacy Results
• Model Lessons
• Writing Strategies
• Expository Text Structures
• Reading Comprehension Strategies

A Sampling of TLI Technology PD Topics:

• Using Adobe Acrobat to Create Teaching Aids
• Using the TLI SLE Alignment Instructional Websites
• Online Resources for Improved Instruction

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